Why Can Water Be Supercooled?

Supercooled water (water cooled below its freezing point, yet still liquid) is made. ... This is because the shock of impact makes enough water molecules align and act as nucleation points.

Is water a supercooled liquid?

Water normally freezes at 273.15 K (0 °C or 32 °F), but it can be "supercooled" at standard pressure down to its crystal homogeneous nucleation at almost 224.8 K (−48.3 °C/−55 °F).

Which liquids can be supercooled?

The reason liquid water can be supercooled at all – contrary to the ice cubes in your freezer – is because in specific circumstances (involving the absence of dust or other small particles), it's possible to deprive liquid water of the tiny seeds necessary to help kickstart the process of crystallisation.